Celia
used to lie for a living. Henry still does. Can they ever trust each other? Six
years ago, Henry and Celia were lovers and colleagues, working for the CIA
station in Vienna, until terrorists hijacked a plane at the airport. A rescue
attempt, staged from the inside, went terribly wrong. Everyone on board was
killed. That night has continued to haunt all of those involved; for Henry and
Celia, it brought to an end their relationship. Celia decided she'd had enough;
she left the agency, married and had children, and is now living an ordinary
life in the Californian suburbs. Henry is still a CIA analyst, and has
travelled to the US to see her one more time, to relive the past, maybe, or to
put it behind him once and for all. But neither of them can forget that
question: had their agent been compromised, and how? And each of them also
wonders what role their lunch companion might have played in the way things
unfolded... All the Old Knives is Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling
and most unsettling novel to date and is due to be published in August 2015.
Down Among the Dead Men is a dark
underworld thriller from Kerry Wilkinson. 'I'm going to do you a favour: I'm
going to tell you my name and then I'm going to give you thirty seconds to turn
and run. If any of you are still here after those thirty seconds, then we're
going to have a problem'. Jason Green's life is changed for good after he is
saved from a mugging by crime boss, Harry Irwell. He is then drawn into
Manchester's notorious underworld, where smash and grab is as normal as making
a cup of tea. But Jason isn't a casual thug. He has a life plan that doesn't
involve blowing his money on the usual trappings. That is until a woman walks
into his life offering the one thing that money can't buy - salvation. Down
Among the Dead Men is due to be published in October 2015.
Dark Hour is by Ryan David Jahn and is
due to be published in July 2015.
Private
A
promising young singer is found dead in a clearing in a forest, gruesomely
murdered-her larynx cut out, and an antique music box placed carefully atop her
body, playing a mysterious lullaby that sounds familiar, but that no one can
quite place. Chief Inspector Odd Singsaker, of the Trondheim Police Department,
still recovering from brain surgery, is called in to investigate. Singsaker,
now married to Felicia Stone, the American detective he met while tracking down
a serial killer, fears the worst when another young girl, also known for her
melodic singing voice, suddenly goes missing while on a walk with her dog one
night. As the Trondheim police follow the trail of this deadly killer, it
becomes clear that both cases are somehow connected to a centuries-old ballad
called "The Golden Peace,"
written by a mysterious composer called Jon Blund, in the seventeenth century.
This lullaby promises the most sound, sweet sleep to the listener-and as time
ticks by, the elusive killer seems as if he will stop at nothing to get his
hands on this perfect lullaby. Death
Song is by Jørgen Brekke and is due to be published in November 2015.
The Special Dead is by Lin Anderson and
is due to be published in August 2015. When Mark Howitt strikes lucky on a
Friday night in Glasgow, he expects a fun, no-strings night of passion with
Leila. But when he wakes up in the early hours of the morning and tries to find
the exit to Leila's flat, he is horrified to stumble upon his former bed
partner dead and suspended from the ceiling of the next room, alongside
twenty-seven Barbie dolls. Rhona Macleod's forensic investigation of the scene
reveals the cord used to hang Leila to be a cingulum, an artefact used in the
practise of Wicca, and sketches hidden in nine of the dolls suggest the dolls
are linked with nine men, and as the investigation continues, it looks
increasingly likely that other wiccan witches will be targeted too. Helping
with the investigation is the newly demoted DI Michael McNab, who is desperate
to stay sober and not disgrace himself further. But an encounter with Leila's
colleague and fellow Wiccan Shannon threatens to throw his plans out the
window. Soon, McNab realises Shannon may hold the key to uncovering who the
killer is and identifying the nine men linked to the dolls. If he can get to
her before the killer does ...
Something Wicked is the first in a new
series from Kerry Wilkinson. Nicholas Carr disappeared on his eighteenth
birthday and the world has moved on. His girlfriend has left for university,
his friends now have jobs and the police are busy dealing with the usual
gallery of suspects. But his father, Richard, can't forget the three fingers
the police dug up from a sodden Manchester wood. What happened to Nicholas on
the night he disappeared and why did he never return home? A private
investigator is Richard's last hope - but Andrew Hunter has his own problems.
There's something about his assistant that isn't quite right. Jenny's brilliant
but reckless and he can't figure out what's in it for her. By the time he
discovers who's a danger and who's not, it might all be too late... Something
Wicked is due to be published in July 2015.
Host is the new medical thriller from
Robin Cook. It takes readers back to
where the genre began, and the questions posed in Coma: what happens when innocent hospital patients are used as
medical 'incubators' against their will? Lynn Pierce, a fourth-year medical
student at Mason Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But
when her otherwise healthy boyfriend, Carl, enters the hospital for routine
surgery, she doesn't know it's the last time she will see him whole again.
Devastated by Carl's death, Lynn searches for answers. Convinced there's more
to the story than what the authorities are willing to reveal, Lynn uses all her
resources at Mason Dixon - including her initially reluctant lab partner,
Edward - to hunt down evidence of medical error or malpractice. What she
uncovers, however, is far more disturbing. Hospitals associated with Sentinel
Healthcare, including the one attached to Mason Dixon, have unnervingly high
rates of unexplained complications in the wake of routine surgery. When Lynn
and Edward begin to receive death threats, they know they're into something
bigger than either of them anticipated. They soon enter a desperate race
against time for answers before shadowy forces behind Sentinel Healthcare can
put a stop to their efforts once and for all.
Host is due to be published in
October 2015.
The Moth Catcher is the seventh book in
Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope. 'This case
was different from anything Vera had ever worked before. Two bodies, connected
but not lying together. And nothing made her feel as alive as murder.' Life
seems perfect in Valley Farm, a quiet community in Northumberland. Then a
shocking discovery shatters the silence. The owners of a big country house have
employed a house-sitter, a young ecologist named Patrick, to look after the
place while they're away. But Patrick is found dead by the side of the lane
into the valley - a beautiful, lonely place to die. DI Vera Stanhope arrives on
the scene, with her detectives Holly and Joe. When they look round the attic of
the big house - where Patrick has a flat - she finds the body of a second man.
All the two victims have in common is a fascination with moths - catching these
beautiful, rare creatures. Those who live in the Valley Farm development have
secrets too: Annie and Sam's daughter is due to be released from prison any
day; Nigel watches, silently, every day, from his window. As Vera is drawn into
the claustrophobic world of this increasingly strange community, she realizes
that there may be deadly secrets trapped here.
The Moth Catcher is due to be
published in September 2015.
A
security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in
the back. It never arrives. On route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner
sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting the audacious
escape of his former boss, Detective Sergeant Matthew Ryan is locked out of the
investigation. With a manhunt underway, Ryan is warned to stay away. Keen to
preserve his career and prove his innocence, he backs off. But when the
official investigation falls apart, under surveillance and with his life in
danger, he goes dark, enlisting others in his quest to discover the truth. When
the trail leads to the suspicious death of a Norwegian national, Ryan uncovers
an international conspiracy that has claimed the lives of many. The Silent Room is by Mari Hannah and is due
to be published in November 2015.
THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE SAFE ...The Sanctum is a luxurious, self-sustaining survival
X is
the thrilling twenty-fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series from
the New York Times bestselling author, Sue Grafton. In hindsight, I marvel at
how clueless I was ...What I ask myself even now is whether I should have
picked up the truth any faster than I did, which is to say not fast enough
...When a glamorous red head wishes to locate the son she put up for adoption
thirty-two years ago, it seems like an easy two hundred bucks for P. I. Kinsey
Millhone. But when a cop tells her she was paid with marked bills, and Kinsey's
client is nowhere to be found, it becomes apparent this mystery woman has
something to hide. Riled, Kinsey won't stop until she's found out who fooled
her and why. Meanwhile, the widow of the recently murdered P. I. - and Kinsey's
old friend - Pete Wolinsky, needs help with her IRS audit. This seemingly
innocuous task takes a treacherous turn when Kinsey finds a coded list amongst
her friend's files. It soon leads her to an unhinged man with a catalogue of
ruined lives left in his wake. And despite the devastation, there isn't a
single conviction to his name. It seems this sociopath knows exactly how to
cause chaos without leaving a trace. As Kinsey delves deeper into the
investigation she quickly becomes the next target of this tormentor. But can
Kinsey prove her case against him before she becomes the next victim? X is due
to be published in August 2015.
Grace
Scott returns from honeymoon with her new husband, Mac, to find a man lying
dead in their new Edinburgh flat. They don't know who he is or where he's come
from. The mystery of his identity remains unsolved. Then, three months later,
Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts which sends her on a
journey to discover what really happened in her flat. A journey that becomes
more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth ...What she discovers will
change her life. Set in Edinburgh and travelling to Amsterdam, Paris and
Copenhagen, City of Strangers is by
Louise Millar and is due to be published in October 2015. It is a gripping story of deception, lies and
corruption.
The
first murder was only the spark ...1970. Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen, known
as K2, witnesses a young woman desperately trying to board a train only to have
the doors close before her face. The next time he sees her, she is dead ...As
K2 investigates, with the help of his precocious young assistant Patricia, he
discovers that the story behind Marie Morgenstierne's murder really began two
years ago, when a group of politically active young people set out on a walking
tour in the mountains. There, one night, the party's charismatic leader - and
Marie's boyfriend - Falko Reinhardt vanished without a trace. But were the
relationships between this group of friends and comrades all they appeared to
be? What did Marie see, that made her run for her life that day? And could both
mysteries be linked to Falko's research into a cell of Norwegian Nazis he
suspected may still be active? It soon becomes clear that Marie's death is not
only a complex case in its own right, but will act as a catalyst in a dark set
of events which will leave K2 and Patricia confronting their most dangerous and
explosive investigation yet. And as the pair work hard to unravel the clues
before Marie's killer can strike again, the detective fails to notice that his
young assistant has her own problems to face ... The Catalyst Killing is by Hans Olav Lahlum
and is due to be published in August 2015.
When
Special Agent Will Robie gets the call to make his first visit home since he
was a teenager, it’s because his father, the local judge, has been arrested fr
murdering a man who came before him in court. The small remote Bayou town
hasn’t changed and its residents remember Robie as a wild sports star and a
girl magnet. He left lots of hearts
broken and a lot of people angry. Will
and his father, Dan are estranged, and his mother left years ago. When he visits Dan in jail, he finds that
time hasn’t healed old wounds. There’s
too much bad blood between the men, and although Will feels no good will come
of staying around, he is persuaded to confront his demons by fellow agent
Jessica Reel. But then another murder changes
everything, and stone cold killer Robie will finally have to get to grips with
his toughest assignment of all. His
family. The Guilty is by David Baldacci
and is due to be published in November 2015.
He
was called to redeem a debt of honour ...Top-ranked sniper Kyle Swanson was a
promising young Marine on a dangerous peace-keeping mission in Mogadishu,
Somalia when he first captured 'the Cobra', and it could have cost him his life
- had it not been for the schoolteacher who risked her own to save him. Now
Swanson is sent on a mission to track down two targets: one is the Cobra, the
warlord who spent twenty years imprisoned after Swanson captured him and is now
back in charge of the Somali underworld, vowing vengeance on the Marine; the
other is the grandson of the schoolteacher who once saved his life, who has
joined the Cobra's army of terror. The boy had been swept up in a Detroit-based
Somali gang before fleeing back to the protection of the Cobra. His grandmother
swears he's innocent, but the CIA tells Kyle to kill him. To find the truth and
accomplish his mission, Swanson must return to the one place he had hoped he'd
never see again - where the Cobra lies in wait.
One Hit is by Jack Coughlin and Donald A Davis and is due to be
published in December 2015.
There
is nobody in the world who knows that we are here ...A woman arrives in the
village of Winsford on Exmoor. She has travelled a long way and chosen her
secluded cottage carefully. Maria's sole intention is to outlive her beloved
dog Castor. And to survive the torrent of memories that threaten to overwhelm
her. Weeks before, Maria and her husband Martin fled Stockholm under a cloud.
The couple were bound for Morocco, where Martin planned to write an explosive
novel; one that would reveal the truth behind dark events within his commune of
writers decades before. But the couple never made it to their destination. As
Maria settles into her lonely new life, walking the wild, desolate moors, it
becomes clear that Winsford isn't quite the sanctuary she thought it would be.
While the long, dark evenings close in and the weather worsens, strange things
begin to happen around her. But what terrible secrets is Maria guarding? And
who is trying to find her? The Living and the Dead in Winsford, is by Håkan
Nesser and is due to be published in July 2015.
Blade of Light is a gripping addition to
the phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano mysteries by Andrea Camilleri. It is due to be published in September 2015.
For a brief moment, as Montalbano was looking, a bright blade of light flashed
from the loft and shone straight in his eyes. Despite the sunglasses, he
instinctively shut his eyes and when he reopened them the light was gone
...When a gentleman arrives at Montalbano's station to report an armed robbery
on his wife that ended with a kiss, the inspector's suspicions are aroused. As
he delves deeper into the case, Montalbano finds that none of the witnesses'
stories are adding up, and he can't help but feel that they're not meant to.
When a body turns up showing all the signs of a mafia hit, the inspector knows
he must excavate the truth from what he is being led to believe. Meanwhile
there's a case that keeps winding its way back to Montalbano's office. A locked
door has suddenly appeared on a farmer's disused shed, and then, just as
quickly, the door disappears. The anti-terrorist police soon intervene, but why
are they so keen to keep this away from the inspector? And why does he sense
that this case is connected to him somehow? With deceit at every turn and a
distraction of the heart taking over his head, Inspector Montalbano must focus
if he is ever going to solve this mystery.
Nate
Colgan: a violent man; 'smart muscle' for the Jamieson organization. Someone to
be afraid of. But now, with its most powerful individuals either dead or behind
bars, things within the Jamieson organization are beginning to shift. When
Nate, long working on the fringes of the business, is reluctantly appointed its
new 'security consultant', he can little imagine how things are about to
unravel ...It begins with an execution, a message; and soon the various
factions within the organization are sent into chaos. But out of the confusion
comes one clear fact: a new group has arrived in Glasgow, and in their quest
for power they are prepared to ignite a war. But who is behind the group? And
why has the calculating Zara Cope - the mother of Nate's child - suddenly
appeared back in town? Meanwhile DI Fisher, buoyed by his recent successes in
finally jailing some of the city's most notorious criminals, is prowling on the
edges of these latest battles, looking for his chance to strike before all hell
breaks loose. Every Night I Dream of Hell is by Malcolm Mackay and is due to be
published in August 2015.
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